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Sheriff Bill Gore is suing the county Civil Service Commission in an attempt to reverse a decision that reinstated a deputy who was fired last year for lying to his supervisor about a tow-truck incident.

The lawsuit was filed in Superior Court in late August. Commissioners are scheduled to discuss the case in closed session during their meeting Wednesday.

Commission attorney Tom Harron said the panel was unlikely to contest the request. “In all likelihood we won’t have any attorney fees,” he said. “We won’t go to court.”

The deputy who was fired, Aaron Aguilera, could not be reached for comment. His attorney did not return calls seeking comment.

According to the lawsuit and other public documents related to the case, Aguilera was terminated in 2011 after lying to his sergeant about a car-towing incident the previous year.

Aguilera told his supervisor that the owner was not present at the time the vehicle was hooked onto a tow truck, something that later proved to be untrue.

“Dishonesty is incompatible with the duties and functions of a peace officer,” the Aug. 30 complaint states.

Aguilera appealed the termination to the Civil Service Commission, which upheld the decision in 2011. Aguilera took his case to court, where he argued that statements to his supervisor could not be used against him under the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act.

A judge partially agreed, excluding some of the conversations Aguilera had with his sergeant and directing the commission to reconsider the case. In June, commissioners reversed their 2011 decision.

“After considering the arguments of both parties, the commission concluded that there was insufficient evidence to support the termination without the statement that the court had ordered suppressed,” the suit states.

Under that ruling, the Aguilera termination was reversed and he was awarded back pay with interest and benefits, minus any money he earned while working at other jobs.

The Gore lawsuit is asking a judge to direct the commission to reverse itself and uphold the firing, and to award the Sheriff’s Department its legal fees.